Home

California weighs how to improve outcomes for Black students

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature is weighing a proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom to set aside $300 million for low-income schools. But some education advocates say it won’t do enough to improve educational outcomes for Black students.Assemblymember Akilah Weber, a Democrat from San Diego, introduced a bill last year aimed at ensuring more education money reaches Black students. But she pulled the bill after conversations with Newsom, citing concerns that it could violate the state or U.S. constitution because it focused on one specific racial group, even though it didn’t mention “Black” by name. The Democratic governor’s new approach, which Weber supports, instead targets money to schools with a high concentration of students who qualify for free lunch under a federal program.“This proposal is exactly what our state needs to work toward repairing the longstanding harms of inequity in education and ensuring our schools are more fair and accessible fo...

Arrestan a un hombre tras el choque que mató a su novia y su hija en Virginia

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

Un hombre del norte de Virginia está acusado de conducir intencionalmente hacia el tráfico que se aproximaba durante una discusión con su novia, matándola a ella y a su hija de 5 años.Mustafa Nofel Aljazairi, de 33 años, conducía hacia el norte por Dumfries Road el miércoles con Dorothy Fontain, de 33 años, y Empress Fontain, de 5 años, en el automóvil, según la policía. Las autoridades informaron que Aljazairi y Dorothy Fontain estaban discutiendo en el automóvil cuando Aljazairi estrelló intencionalmente su Chrysler 300 contra un Chevrolet Suburban que iba en dirección opuesta.Dorothy y Empress Fontain murieron en el incidente.La mujer de 46 años que conducía la Suburban resultó gravemente herida, agregó la policía.“Estábamos en su fiesta de cumpleaños de 5 años. [Ella estaba] llena de vida y del tipo de niña feliz y luego esa mañana tuve que despedirme de la nada”, lamentó el hermano de Dorothy Fontain, Derek Cicheskie.Cicheskie dijo que fue al hospital a despedirse d...

Hybrid Jeep's battery explodes during fire response

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

ERIE, Colo. (KDVR) — Fire crews had a close call on Tuesday when the battery in a hybrid Jeep exploded after firefighters put water on the smoking vehicle.It happened in Erie's Morgan Hill neighborhood around 8:16 a.m. Mountain View Fire Rescue released an account of what happened after crews showed up for reports of a fire. Repeat smash-and-grab thefts hit area horse stables Firefighters did not see smoke from outside the home on Marlowe Circle, but they eventually found it coming from a secondary garage, the fire department said."A Jeep Wrangler 4xe hybrid was smoking and when crews started putting water on the vehicle, there was a small explosion," Mountain View Fire said. "As the garage door was blown off its tracks, it just missed a Mountain View Fire Rescue captain, as it flew about 30 feet into the yard."A Jeep Wrangler 4xe hybrid was smoking when fire crews arrived. The battery soon exploded and blew the garage door 30 feet. (Credit: Mountain View Fire Rescue)They said no ...

Dash camera footage shows FHP conducting a pit maneuver after driver refuses to stop

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

Dash camera footage exclusively obtained by 7News shows a state trooper conducting a pit maneuver stop after an impaired driver refuses to stop.A pit maneuver is when law enforcement uses their own car to stop another car. “Hey! Stop! Put the car in park!” said a Florida Highway Patrol trooper. Kevin Palmamolina and a passenger were met by several Florida Highway Patrol troopers, who were on and around the MacArthur Causeway in March assisting during spring break. Following an emergency declaration in Miami Beach due to violent crime.“He’s failing to stop,” said the trooper. The video shows the trooper heading eastbound on 395 past Watson in the causeway’s eastbound lanes, when he attempted to make contact with the driver by pulling next to the vehicle but that didn’t work. “He suspected the driver of that SUV to be impaired,” said FHP Lieutenant Alex Camacho.The trooper made the call to stop the driver and get him off the road i...

Hawks grab No. 7 seed in East, hold off Heat 116-105

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Quin Snyder’s bags were packed in February for an overseas trip. He was going to spend time with some friends and family, see some coaches he’s gotten to know over the years.Then the Atlanta Hawks called with a job offer, to bring him on as coach.And now Snyder’s bags are packed again — for the playoffs, starting with a trip to Boston.Trae Young scored 25 points, Clint Capela grabbed 21 rebounds and the Hawks earned the No. 7 in the Eastern Conference playoffs by beating the Miami Heat 116-105 in a play-in tournament game Tuesday night.“Our guys are trying to be the best version of ourselves at the end of the year,” Snyder said. “The year’s not over. So hopefully we can take this and continue to build on it. It’s one game — but it was our game.”Dejounte Murray added 18 points for the Hawks, who avenged a five-game Round 1 loss to Miami last season and earned an East first-round matchup with Boston that will start Saturday.Kyle Lowry scored ...

Fort Lauderdale couple’s condo door repeatedly hit and kicked, felony investigation launched after kick cracked it

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

A South Florida couple is on edge after “commotion at their condo” caused by repeated banging on their door. Who’s doing the knocking and why? 7’s Karen Hensel investigates.It has happened during the day and at night.They have arrived in pairs and in groups, using their fists and their feet.Karen: “How many times has this happened to you?”Husband: “Twenty-seven times.”This couple asked we not show their faces, but they do want to stop what started more than five months ago at their Fort Lauderdale condo.Husband: “It was about midnight. I was in bed asleep, and it sounded like an explosion. We didn’t understand why and assumed, OK, that’s a one off. It’ll never happen again.”But it has happened again, and the repeated knocks, bangs and kicks at their front door have rattled the couple.Wife: “It’s terrifying. It really is, because you don’t know when it’s coming.”Their Ring came...

Florida Senate passes bill to prevent children from attending drag shows

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

On Tuesday, the Republican-led Florida Senate passed a bill that will bar children from attending drag shows even in cases where parents approve.If officials deem the performance to be, “lewd,” organizers and performers could be fined and even face criminal charges, including jail time.Democrats and LGBTQ advocates said the language is too vague. They are concerned it will make businesses fearful of hosting drag shows and even encourage cities in Florida to deny permits for Pride parades.The bill will appear next in the house for a final vote.

9 times the Lib Dems demanded a recall of parliament (and didn’t get it)

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

LONDON — Few things in British politics are certain — but you can always count on the Liberal Democrats to demand a parliamentary recall.The centrist, anti-Brexit party is at it again this week, with a push for parliament to be recalled from its Easter recess in the wake of strike action from junior doctors.As the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons, attention can be hard to come by — meaning the eye-catching ask can help the party “cut through” in the crowded Westminster bubble with an easy-to-understand, headline-grabbing demand.Let POLITICO run you through all the times in recent years that the Lib Dems asked for — but didn’t manage to get — parliament’s early return from recess.Bollocks to Brexit (and summer recess)August 2019: Remember Brexit? The Lib Dems certainly do — they made stopping it their raison d’être in the early years after the U.K.’s vote to leave the EU.It was in that spirit that the party, then led by Jo Swinson, co-s...

Iran in secret talks with China, Russia to acquire sanctioned missile fuel

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

China and Russia are in advanced secret talks with Iran to replenish the Islamic Republic’s supply of a key chemical compound used to propel ballistic missiles, diplomats familiar with the matter say, a move that would mark a clear violation of United Nations sanctions and possibly help Moscow replenish its depleted stock of rockets. Tehran has held concurrent negotiations with officials and government-controlled entities from both countries, including the state-owned Russian chemical maker FKP Anozit, to acquire large amounts of ammonium perchlorate, or AP, the main ingredient in solid propellants used to power missiles, said the diplomats, who requested anonymity in order to discuss confidential information.In Beijing, Iranian diplomat Sajjad Ahadzadeh, who serves as Tehran’s “technology counselor” in China and the broader region has led the talks to acquire AP, according to the diplomats familiar with the matter. The diplomats said they didn’t ...

Xi is fixated on ending China’s century of humiliation

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.”In the last few months, five different European leaders have traipsed to Beijing, trying to convince Chinese President Xi Jinping to see the world their way. But except for some contracts benefiting their firms, each has returned to Europe empty-handed.French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen were the latest to make the journey last week. Their goal was to convince Xi to help broker an end to the war in Ukraine or, as Macron put it, to “bring Russia to its senses.”The Chinese president demurred.Blaming NATO for the “crisis,” Xi was angry and annoyed when his European interlocutors brought up the war in Ukraine, saying he would talk to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy only when the “conditions and time was right.” And given that Moscow only recently reiterated that the co...